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Gallup's polling history allows us to examine the bounces that have occurred for both major-party candidates in each election since 1964.

Post-Convention Increases in Support, 1964-2004
Election	Candidate (incumbent in boldface)	Bounce (among registered voters)	Convention Order
2004	John Kerry	-1 point -2 points (likely voters)	1st
2000	George W. Bush	8 points 4 points (likely voters)	1st
2000	Al Gore	8 points 8 points (likely voters)	2nd
1996	Bill Clinton	5 points	2nd
1996	Bob Dole	3 points	1st
1992	Bill Clinton	16 points	1st
1992	George Bush	5 points	2nd
1988	George Bush	6 points	2nd
1988	Michael Dukakis	7 points	1st
1984	Ronald Reagan	4 points	2nd
1984	Walter Mondale	9 points	1st
1980	Ronald Reagan	8 points	1st
1980	Jimmy Carter	10 points	2nd
1976	Jimmy Carter	9 points	1st
1976	Gerald Ford	5 points	2nd
1972	Richard Nixon	7 points	2nd
1972	George McGovern	0 points	1st
1968	Richard Nixon	5 points	1st
1968	Hubert Humphrey	2 points	2nd
1964	Lyndon Johnson	3 points	2nd
1964	Barry Goldwater	5 points	1st

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